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Sergio Romo Combats Identity Theft (By Complaining About it)

Posted by Drew Fairservice under HardBall Talkin', San Francisco Giants, Sergio Romo on Feb 12, 2013

Aww, look how cute! Giants reliever Sergio Romo making the day of fans you and old at their recent FanFest, posing for pictures like a good citizen.

Except that isn’t Sergio Romo at all, that is a somebody who looks enough like Romo to dupe dozens of people. The actual Romo re-posted this fan collage on his instragram feed featuring a Sergio lookalike taking pictures with numerous people, all of whom were led to believe they just met the diminutive Giants closer.

Which, it turns out, it was not.

Im very sorry for all my REAL fans that were misled by this impostor saying he was me at fanfest!! My apologies for not being able to meet all u at fanfest! It was def an awesome day and im beyond grateful for the reception i got yesterday!! Just dont want any of my fans misled by someone who gets a kick out of lying to u all!

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This is Why You Hate/Envy Giants Fans

Posted by Drew Fairservice under HardBall Talkin', San Francisco Giants on Feb 01, 2013

It’s all right there, really. The beautiful locale, what with the Bay Bridge and the palm trees the water and all that good stuff. Brian Wilson, divisive as ever. The fact that, rather than just giving away bobbleheads like everybody else, they made a GARDEN GNOME collectable and gave it away at AT&T Park.

The San Francisco Giants, on top of their two World Series titles in three years, do whatever they can to maintain the championship good will by treating their fanbase right.

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Hunter Makes a Lotta Cents, Cents and Pence – Gold, Myrrh, and Frankincense

Posted by Drew Fairservice under Hunter Pence, San Francisco Giants, Trades And Signings on Jan 18, 2013

There was some chatter earlier this off-season that the San Francisco Giants might — MIGHT — non-tender Hunter Pence. As a super two with plenty of counting stats compiled over his career, coming off a very hollow 100 RBI season, Pence stood to earn a huge raise. The Giants opted to stick with their soon-to-be-even-more wealthy right fielder.

Matt Schwartz projected Pence would earn $13.8 million in his final trip through the arbitration process…which is exactly what he got. The Giants are on the hook for nearly $14 million for Pence in 2013. That’s a lot of money.

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In Praise of a Lost Art

Posted by Drew Fairservice under HardBall Talkin', San Francisco Giants on Jan 02, 2013

There is a lot to love about the baseball scorecard. That anyone takes the time to score a game is nothing short of miraculous (these awesome things notwithstanding.) When I was a kid I thought scoring games was awesome. Then came beer.

Although I’m basically too old for beer now, [:(] I won’t resume scoring games because, honestly, who has the time? Nerds, that’s who. Well nerds and one half of the best broadcast duo in the game, Duane Kuiper.

Above is Duane Kuiper’s scorecard from Matt Cain‘s perfect game this year. Like all scorecards, there are little details which make it Kuip’s own. I personally love the ad copy smack dab in the middle, lest the Giants PBP man ever forget who pays his salary.

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Through the Looking Glass – Brian Sabean Named Executive of the Year

Posted by Drew Fairservice under News And Notes, San Francisco Giants on Dec 07, 2012

Your smug internet snarkery needs to find a new target, jerks. Brian Sabean cares not for your slings and arrows. The San Francisco Giants general manager can go full Patrick Roy and plug his ears with World Series rings if he isn’t interested in listening to your petty barbs.

Now Brian Sabean can add “Baseball America’s Executive of the Year” to his resume, should he possess such a superfluous item as he very likely the Giants boss until the day he dies.

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Giants Re-sign Marco Scutaro for Three-Years, $20 Million

Posted by Scott Lewis under San Francisco Giants, Trades And Signings on Dec 04, 2012

Bruce Bochy’s 1-2 batting order combination of Angel Pagan and Marco Scutaro worked out so well for the Giants that Brian Sabean couldn’t resist bringing both back for the foreseeable future. The Giants came to terms with Scutaro on a reasonable three-year, $20 million deal, as first reported by Ken Rosenthal.

Opting to keep the 2012 World Series champion Giants squad intact, Sabean has committed $60 million over the last two days to the top of the order. Pagan agreed to a four-year, $40 million deal on Monday. Scutaro, who turned 37 in October, was acquired by the Giants in a July trade with the Colorado Rockies. Scutaro became the everyday second baseman and raked at the plate with a 362/.385/.473 batting line in 268 plate appearances with the Giants.

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Aubrey Pagan Set to Re-Sign with San Francisco (Check That)

Posted by Drew Fairservice under San Francisco Giants, Trades And Signings on Dec 03, 2012

Ken Rosenthal (natch) is first to hint that the San Francisco Giants are close to reaching a deal with their center fielder, Angel Pagan. The deal is reportedly four years and $40 Million, according to Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports. Pagan is not the best center fielder on the market but he is certainly the one GM Brian Sabean and his Giants front office know best, making him the perfect match for the Giants as they begin their title defense.

After acquiring Pagan from the Mets in exchange for the now-DFA’d Andres Torres and reliever Ramon Ramirez, Pagan posted strong numbers and played terrific defense for the World Champs, compiling nearly 5 fWAR in 2012. Might the Giants look back at this deal with the same contempt and scorn now reserved for Aubrey Huff‘s highly avoidable contract, signed after his strong performance leading the Giants to their 2010 title?

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